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Total thyroidectomy is a logical treatment for many patients with thyroid disease, including patients in whom the pathologic process requiring surgery involves both lobes of the thyroid or the risk of recurrence is a significant consideration, as in benign multinodular goiter, Graves' disease, and cancer. In earlier times the risks of extensive surgery and problems of adequate hormone replacement deterred surgeons from performing total thyroidectomy. However, as we enter the twenty-first century we are confident that the technical aspects of safe total thyroidectomy are established and that thyroid hormone replacement and monitoring are readily available and accurate. In the future total thyroidectomy is likely to be performed increasingly commonly for both benign and malignant disease.
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Gough, I., Wilkinson, D. Total Thyroidectomy for Management of Thyroid Disease. World J. Surg. 24, 962–965 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002680010158
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